Menu button inside menu, can you do it?

Question

I am trying to create a dropdown menu when you rollover a
menu more menus appear underneath. I have my top menu with this
code. The menu is a mc symbol. The "on" and "off" activate the
other menu fade in.
on(rollOver){
gotoAndPlay("on");
on(rollOut){
gotoAndPlay("off");
Now here is where I'm having problems. I cannot get the menus
inside the movieclip (which are also mc's)to work. I want them on
rollover to change color and on click go to a url. I 've tried
giving them an instance name, a function, _root., nothing. Can this
be done?

Answer 1

yes. If you make your sub-menu a movieClip, and your buttons
inside it, you should have no problems.
eg:
on(rollOver){
gotoAndStop("on"); //"on" should be a 1 keyframe movieClip
the "on" timeline should have the animation of the sub-menu
opening, and a stop() action after the sub-buttons load.
then I would make each sub-button a 1 keyframe movieClip,
(but you dont have to) and assign all the functions of the button
to it's own timeline.
hope this helps!